§ MR. D. KILBRIDE (Galway, N.)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland whether, if the inhabitants of Tuam township refuse to become an urban sanitary authority, shall they under the Local Government Bill cease to have Town Commissioners; shall all the business now transacted by the Town Commissioners be transferred to the Board of Guardians as the rural district council; shall they get the income of the Town Commissioners—namely, the tolls and customs of the fairs and markets of the township, and have the management of the said fairs and markets?
§ MR. GERALD BALFOURAs the Bill at present stands, if the Tuam Town Commissioners refuse to become an urban district council they will retain their existing constitution as well as their property and powers.